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[Editor\u2019s note<\/strong>: This document was released both as a State Department cable<\/a><\/u> as part of its 1981 FOIA release, and as Serial 1535<\/a><\/u> of the FBI\u2019s RYMUR release. <\/p>\n

[The text for this document was released in 2014 by Wikileaks<\/a>. It is also available through the Internet Archive<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n

UNCLASSIFIED FBB 409<\/p>\n

[Listing of agencies receiving informational copies on pdf]<\/p>\n

0 041101Z JAN 79
\nFM AMEMBASSY GEORGETOWN
\nTO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8641
\nINFO AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
\nUNCLAS GEORGETOWN 0030
\nE.O. 12065: NA
\nTAGS: SOPN, GY
\nSUBJ: MEDIA COVERAGE OF PEOPLE’S TEMPLE DELIVERY OF CASH TO SOVIET EMBASSY
\nREF: GEORGETOWN 4524 (NOTAL)<\/p>\n

1. Both government-owned daily newspapers, the evening “Citizen” and the morning \u201cChronicle,” carried short articles on Jan 2 and Jan 3, respectively, on the delivery of cash, tapes, and documents from the People’s Temple to the Soviet Embassy in Georgetown.<\/p>\n

2. The articles, quoting a “Guyana government official,” states that the cash consisted of G $87,000 and two US dollars. The contents of the documents and tapes was not further specified. The “Citizen” reports that the cash and other material was handed over to the Government of Guyana (GOG) Foreign Ministry by the Soviets on Dec 8 and, according to the Soviet Embassy, had been delivered to the Embassy on Nov 18 by an unnamed female member of the Temple.<\/p>\n

3. The government-owned radio of Jan 2 stated that the material had been delivered to the Foreign Ministry on <\/p>\n

UNCLASSIFIED
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\nPAGE 02 GEORGE 00030 041237Z<\/p>\n

Dec 8 by an unnamed member of the People’s Temple who is still in Guyana.<\/p>\n

Dwyer [Richard Dwyer, Deputy Chief of Mission, American Embassy, Georgetown]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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